Is Bernie Sanders the Best Candidate on Climate Change?

[MADem]

2. Methane emissions, you say?

Would that include those infamous Vermont dairy COW FARTS...?

On a serious note, that's being addressed with, among other things, changes to feed--who knew?

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/06/13/putting-end-gassy-cows-253463.html

Sen. Sanders, per the article, is batting two for six on legislation, but his heart is in the right place. I don't think anyone currently in the running for the D nomination is on the wrong side of these issues, though:

So we know Sanders is dedicated to climate action and clean energy. Looking forward, though, it's unclear how Sanders will differentiate his climate and energy proposals from Clinton's. Clinton, like President Obama, firmly supports regulating carbon emissions domestically and getting strong international agreements to reduce emissions globally. While it is certainly true that Sanders has made more of an issue of his support for the same, it is not necessarily an issue on which Clinton needs to be pushed leftward. Many climate hawks love the fee-and-dividend approach that Sanders supports, but the truth is that no big climate-pricing bill will pass in the next few years, no matter who's president, because the Republicans will continue to control the House. And Clinton already supports the kind of strong executive action that Obama is taking to curb CO2 emissions from power plants.